Garment-hanger



T; KAUFER.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-3, 1920.

1,389,310. PatentedAug. 30,1921.

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T. KAUFER.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLlCATlON FILED DEC.3, 1920- 1 ,389 ,3 1 O Patented Aug- 30, 1921.

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GARMENT-HAN GER.

Application filed December 3, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE KAUrnR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of N ew York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relatesto garment hangers, and has for its object to provide an improved and simplified form of hanger which may be readily adjusted to fit different sizes of coats and which is adapted to support other garments along with one or more coats. A special objectis to provide the hanger with a flexible looped member adapted to be adjusted to correspond with the rigid flexible member being carried in such position as to extend across the hanger below the shoulder member thereof for supporting garments below the same, and said flexible member also extending above the shoulder member for supporting the collar of a coat when the shoulders thereof are shoulder member. The to be supported by the hanger is designed that the latter is held flexible member, so

under tension by the weight of the garments supported. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is an elevation of a garment. hanger constructed substantially in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of the connecting member for, the shoulder members.

Fig. 4; is a' detailed plan view of one of the shouldermembers drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 5 is an outer end view of said shoulder member showing how the end loop thereof is adapted to yield to conform to the shoulder of a coat.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Fig. 1 drawn to a larger scale and show- Specification of Letters Patent.

part of the hanger, said of the Patented Aug. 30, 1921. Serial No. 428,002.

ing more clearly the means for clampin the shoulder members to the connecting member, and h Fig. 7 is a broken detailed View of one part of the flexible member.

he garment hanger consists of two similar shoulder members 1 and 2 which are ad ustably secured to a connecting member of the wire at Said parallel portions 10 of th arranged nearer together than the sides-of the loop 8, thereby forming shoulders or laterally extending projecting portions 9 at the outer end of these parallel portions 10.

The inner extremities of the wire are bent over upon the parallel portions 10, as indicated at 11, and on said parallel portions between said bent ends 11 and the shoulders 9 there is secured 13 folded around said parallel portions as best shown in Fig. 6. The-shoulders 9 and bent ends 11 retain the plate 12 against longitudinal movement on the shoulder member.

plate 12 is depressed or channeled as at 1 1 to fit in one of the slots 15 in the connecting member 16, and said shoulder member is adjustably secured at different points along said slot 18 fitted in a hole 14 in the channeled portion 14 of the plate, and carrying a thumb nut 19. The bolt 18 is preferably fitted with a washer 17 to bridge the slot in the connecting member below while the plate 100 12 engages said connecting member from above, the channeled portlon 14 extending into said slot.

he outer end of the loop 3 has the wire bent inwardly toward the center ofsaid loop 105 shown in F ig. 5, the wire of the loop 3 is 110 sufficiently resilient to yield under the weight of the shoulders of a coat so as to asto form a complete shoulder member or 65 a plate 12 by having its The middle portion by. means of a bolt sume a curved formation corresponding generally to the concave shape of the inside of the coat shoulders.

A looped flexible member, preferably consisting of similar parts 20 and 21 of webbing or other suitable material is passed through the loops 3 of the assembled shoulder member, including the two shoulder members 1 and 2 and connecting piece 16, and also through the depending loops (3, as best shown in Fig. 1. Each part of the flexible looped member has a hook 22 and 23, respectively, on one end, and a wire loop on the other end. The end portion of each part 20 and 21 adjacent the hook is provided with a series of spaced holes 2a which are preferably eyeleted, as shown in Fig. 7. The hook of one part of said flexible member is adapted to be engaged with any one of the holes 24: in the other part for adjusting the length of said member to correspond with the adjustment of the shoulder member of the hanger, it being noted that the end portions of the parts 20 and 21 having the holes 24. may be overlapped as may be necessary to accomplish such adjustment of the flexible member.

The wire loops 25 on the parts of the flexible member are connected to a hook 26 by means of which the hanger may be supported by the flexible member and the latter thus held tautby the weight of the garments supported. The portion of the flexible member which extends across between the depending loops 6 below the shoulder member is adapted for supporting garments such as trousers and skirts, while the portion of said flexible member which extends above the shoulder member serves to support the collar of a coat when the shoulders thereof are mounted on said shoulder member in the usual mannen Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a garment hanger, the combination ith a shoulder member having depending portions near the ends thereof, of a flexible collar supporting member engaging said depending portions and extending across between them for supporting other garments 4 below the shoulder member, said flexible member also extending above the shoulder member, and means for supporting the hanger from the upwardly extending portion of the flexible member.

2. In a garment with a shoulder member having loops near its ends and depending portions adjacent said loops, of a flexible looped member passed through the loops of the. shoulder member and also engaging said depending portions, said flexible member extending across between said depending portions below the shoulder member for supporting hanger, the combination 2 garments therefrom, said flexible member also extending above said shoulder member for supporting the collar of a coat, and means for supporting the hanger from said flexible member.

In a garment hanger, the combination with an extensible shoulder member having depending looped portions near its ends, of a flexible member in the form of a loop passed through said looped portions depending from the shoulder member and extending across between said depending portions for supporting garments below the shoulder member, said flexible member also extending above the shoulder member for supporting the collar of a coat, means for supporting the hanger from said flexible member, and means for adjusting the length of the flexible loop to correspond with the adjustment of the extensible shoulder member.

4. In a garment hanger, the combination with an extensible shoulder member, of an extensible looped flexible member engaging the end portions of the shoulder member and extending above the same for supporting the collar of a coat when the shoulders thereof are mounted on said shoulder member, said flexible member having overlapping end portions having spaced perforations therein, books on the extremities of said overlapping end portions of the flexible member to engage said perforations for adjusting said member to correspond to the adjustment of the shoulder member, and means for supporting the hanger by the flexible member. -5. In a garment hanger, the combination with a shoulder member having loops near its ends and looped depending portions adjacent said loops, of a looped flexible member passed through the loops of the shoulder member and the loops portions and extending across between said depending loops for supporting garments below the shoulder member, said flexible member also extending above the shoulder member for supporting the collar of a coat when the shoulders thereof are mounted on said shoulder member, and means for supporting the hanger by the flexible member.

6. In a garment hanger, the combination with a shoulder member having substantially horizontal loops near its ends, said loops being of resilient material adapted to yield so as to conform to the curved shape of the shoulders of a coat whensupported thereon, of means for supporting said shoulder member from between said loops.

7 In a garment hanger, the combination with a shoulder member having loops near its ends, said loops being of resilient material adapted to yield so as to conform to the shape of the shoulders of a coat when supported thereon, of a flexible looped member passed through said loops of the shoulder of said depending member and extending above the same for supporting the collar of the coat, and means for supporting the hanger by said flexible member.

8. In a garment hanger, the combination with oppositely extending shoulder members each composed of looped wire and having parallel portions of the wire near its inner end, of plates secured to said parallel portions of the looped wire shoulder members, a connecting member having slots therein, there being depending portions on said plates to extend intosaid slots, and bolts for clamping said depending portions of the plates at different points in said slots for adjusting the shoulder members to fit different sizes of coats.

9. In a garment hanger, the combination with oppositely extending shoulder members each composed of looped wire and having parallel portions of the wire near its inner end, of plates secured to said parallel portions of the wire shoulder members, there being lateral projecting portions on said wire loops at opposite ends of the parallel portions to retain the plates against longitudinal movement along the shoulder members, a connecting member, and means for fastening said plates at different points along said connecting member for adjusting the shoulder members to fit diiferent sizes of coats.

10. In a garment hanger, the combination with a shoulder member composed of Wire havin twisted shank portions and laterally exten ing looped portions at its ends, of a flexible member in looped form passed through said end loops of the shoulder member and extending above the same for supporting the collar of a coat when the shoulders thereof are mounted on said shoulder member, and means for supporting the shoulder member by said flexible member.

11. In a garment hanger, the combination with a shoulder member composed of wire having twisted shank portions and laterally extending looped portions at its ends, the wire at the ends of said loops being bent inwardly toward the center of said loops and thence bent downward to form depending loops having twisted shanks adjacent the end loops of the shoulder member, of a flexible member in looped form passed through the end loops of the shoulder member and said depending loops and extending across between the latter loops for supporting garments below the shoulder member, the flexible member also extending above the shoulder member for supporting the collar of a coat when the shoulders thereof are mounted on said shoulder member, and means for supporting the shoulder member by said flexible member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

THEODORE KAUFER. 

